US 2026/0030280 A1Published application

Query response generation in a developer tool using semantically related keywords in relevant code chunks

AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC

InventorsAndrea Caitlyn MAH, SteVen Michael BATTEN, Daniel John IMMS

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Abstract

Techniques are described herein that are capable of responding to a query in a developer tool using semantically related keywords in relevant code chunks. A user-generated query regarding a location of an element in a codebase of a software development project is received. The codebase is parsed into code chunks. Semantically related keywords, including keywords from the user-generated query and other keywords that are semantically related to the keywords, are identified. Relevant code chunks are selected from the code chunks based on satisfaction of a relevancy criterion regarding the user-generated query. Execution of an instruction is triggered, which causes a visual representation of a response to the user-generated query to be generated. The execution of the instruction causes the visual representation to include at least portions of the relevant code chunks and further causes at least a subset of the semantically related keywords to be highlighted in the portions.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a processor system;
and
a memory that stores computer-executable instructions that are executable by the processor system to at least:
receive a user-generated query via a user interface of a developer tool, the user-generated query requesting an indication of a location at which a particular element is located in a codebase of a software development project;
parse the codebase of the software development project into a plurality of code chunks;
identify semantically related keywords, which include keywords in the user-generated query and further include other keywords that are semantically related to the keywords in the user-generated query;
select relevant code chunks from the plurality of code chunks as a result of the relevant code chunks satisfying a relevancy criterion with regard to the user-generated query;
and
trigger execution of an instruction, which causes a visual representation of a response to the user-generated query to be generated by cross-referencing the semantically related keywords with the relevant code chunks and which further causes the visual representation to be presented via the user interface of the developer tool, the execution of the instruction causing the visual representation to include at least portions of the relevant code chunks and further causing at least a subset of the semantically related keywords to be highlighted in the portions of the relevant code chunks.

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A method implemented by a computing system, the method comprising:

receiving a user-generated query via a user interface of a developer tool, the user-generated query requesting an indication of a location at which a particular element is located in a codebase of a software development project;
parsing the codebase of the software development project into a plurality of code chunks;
identifying semantically related keywords, which include keywords in the user-generated query and further include other keywords that are semantically related to the keywords in the user-generated query;
selecting relevant code chunks from the plurality of code chunks as a result of the relevant code chunks satisfying a relevancy criterion with regard to the user-generated query;
and
triggering execution of an instruction, which causes a visual representation of a response to the user-generated query to be generated by cross-referencing the semantically related keywords with the relevant code chunks and which further causes the visual representation to be presented via the user interface of the developer tool, the execution of the instruction causing the visual representation to include at least portions of the relevant code chunks and further causing at least a subset of the semantically related keywords to be highlighted in the portions of the relevant code chunks.

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